Michał Kwiatkowski

Michał Kwiatkowski

Kwiatkowski at the 2015 Grand Prix de Fourmies
Personal information
Full name	Michał Kwiatkowski
Nickname	Flowerman, Kwiatek, Kwiato, Flower Power, Kwiatpolski
Born	(1990-06-02) 2 June 1990 (age 26) Chełmża, Poland
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Team information
Current team	Team Sky
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder Classics specialist
Professional team(s)
2009	MG Kvis – Norda Pacific
2010	Caja Rural
2011	Team RadioShack
2012–2015	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2016–	Team Sky
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España 1 TTT stage (2016) Stage races Volta ao Algarve (2014) One-day races and Classics World Road Race Championships (2014) National Road Race Championships (2013) National Time Trial Championships (2014) Milan–San Remo (2017) Amstel Gold Race (2015) E3 Harelbeke (2016) Strade Bianche (2014, 2017)
Medal record Road bicycle racing World Championships Representing  Poland 2014 Ponferrada Road race 2008 Cape Town Junior time trial Representing Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (2013–2014) Etixx–Quick-Step (2015) 2013 Florence Team time trial 2015 Richmond Team time trial 2014 Ponferrada Team time trial

Grand Tours

One-day races and Classics

Michał Kwiatkowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmixaw kfjatˈkɔfski], born 2 June 1990) is a Polish professional road bicycle racer for UCI WorldTeam Team Sky. Kwiatkowski is seen as a strong all rounder, with good sprinting, time-trialling and climbing abilities allowing him to win both stage races and one day classics. His talent was shown early in his career, winning the World Junior Time Trial Championships in 2008. In 2014, Kwiatkowski became the world elite road race champion, and he was also a member of the Omega Pharma–Quick-Step team that won the 2013 World Team Time Trial Championships. In 2017 he won his first 'Monument', the 2017 Milan-San Remo.

Kwiatkowski is a double European champion, winning the road race in 2007 and the individual time trial in 2008. In 2009 he became national road champion in the under-23 category, and he also won a stage of the Okolo Slovenska. He turned professional in 2010 with Caja Rural and in 2011 joined Team RadioShack, and placed third overall in the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, the Three Days of De Panne and the Tour du Poitou-Charentes.

Kwiatkowski moved to Omega Pharma–Quick-Step for the 2012 season. He impressed in his first year with the team, winning the prologue of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen. He also finished second overall in his home race, the Tour de Pologne, and eighth overall in the Eneco Tour.